"What if a robber breaks into the classroom during class?" "What if the person you like is being bullied by a bullied kid in the hallway?" Have you ever been lost in thought during class, daydreaming about a scene in which you can be cool and active? Normally, it's a situation that would never happen, but you can't help but imagine an environment in which you can be cool and active. For such men, it's a common "I'm so powerful!!!" situation fantasy, but there are not many who have such a good imagination that they can even fantasize about "I want to live with the person I like, even if it means becoming a dog." However, even among men with such a rich imagination, there is a work that has actually made a manga about the ultimate and extremely dangerous situation that is difficult to think of, "What if I became the dog of the person I like!?" What kind of idea could come up with such a setting and make it into a manga? The more I think about it, the more I take my hat off to the author's rich imagination. Moreover, it is not a one-shot deal with the setting, but the quality of the female characters is high, and the depictions themselves are quite radical, so it is very popular with male readers who are not satisfied with normal romantic comedy works. The fact that it was decided to be made into an anime so quickly, despite the setting being quite niche, shows how many fans this work has. This is how attractive this work is, but at the same time, there are many elements that make you a little worried about making it into an anime. After all, the weapon of this work is its "radical depictions," so I think the success of this work depends on how much of that radicality can be animated. So, this time I would like to introduce this work from the perspective of "how much can be depicted in anime?" while looking back on the "radicality" that is its appeal. I think whether this work will become a godly anime or not depends entirely on this element, so please check it out!
It can only be depicted from a dog's perspective! !
The greatest appeal of this work is the "dog's perspective" setting, which is a revolutionary setting with a completely new perspective that has never been seen in previous romantic comedy works. Until now, cute scenes of the heroine have been depicted from a human perspective, so the angle at which the heroine can be drawn inevitably depends on the height of the other person.
Problems with traditional romantic comedies
As a result, when you want to draw a beautiful girl from a low angle, you have to draw the other person crouching in advance, so you can't really enjoy female characters flexibly from various angles.
The solution is from a dog's perspective
In this situation, the completely new solution presented by this work is that "the protagonist is a dog in the first place." By making the protagonist a dog, you can naturally draw a beautiful girl character from a perspective that is viewed from below.
There are few depictions from above
On the other hand, it is difficult to draw a beautiful girl character from above. In the first place, there are many male characters who are taller than beautiful girls, so it seems that beautiful girl characters are drawn from above, so perhaps that is not the focus of this work.
A niche approach to drawing women from below
This work solves the problem of traditional romantic comedies, where the main focus is on beautiful girls, but the height of the other character gets in the way, and it takes time to draw the other character changing their posture in order to draw the beautiful girl from a different angle. The solution is to make the main character a dog, based on the idea that "Well, if the main character is an extremely short character from the beginning, there's no problem!!"
We're looking forward to the "dog's perspective" in the anime version too! !
This is the first time we've ever seen an animated work that is told from a dog's point of view, so we're looking forward to this story told from a dog's point of view.
A new challenge! !
This is a work that is trying new things that have never been done in previous anime works, so be sure to check it out!
Extreme because it's from a dog's point of view! !
The amazing thing about this work's dog-point-of-view setting is that "by making the main character a dog, they succeeded in depicting extreme scenes that could not be depicted in normal manga." In normal works, scenes that would be absolutely unacceptable between humans are depicted in this work with a stance of "No, no, this is a play between a dog and its owner, so it's OK." Therefore, even scenes that would be unacceptable between humans are depicted to the very end, barely getting through them.
The invention of a dog as the main character
In this way, just by making a dog the main character, it is possible to pursue extreme works that could not be depicted in normal anime works.
The cleverness of the "protagonist being a dog" setting
Because they are shorter than humans, it is easy to draw beautiful girls from below, and the "protagonist being a dog" setting has various unique features in this romantic comedy work.
Is it okay to broadcast the anime as it is?
However, in the manga version, this work was depicted with such logic, but can it really be broadcast as it is in the anime version that uses public airwaves? Even though it is a late-night program, the anime industry these days is quite harsh. I would like to think a little about how faithfully the story of this work will be depicted.
Maybe he'll be tamer in the anime version,,
To conclude, I think it would be difficult to animate all of the extreme depictions in this work as they are. In recent years, it has become difficult to depict extreme scenes, even in late-night anime, so I think it would be difficult to completely reproduce this work. Instead, I think they will broadcast the popular episodes that could not be broadcast as anime in the Blu-ray disc version to be released later.
I look forward to seeing how far they can take it from a dog's perspective! !
However, this work has a way of turning around the manga version, "No, no, the main character is a dog, so he's just playing with a beautiful girl character." I don't know how far this logic will hold up on terrestrial TV, but I hope they'll stick to this stance after all this time.
Watch it for yourself and see for yourself!
So far, I've been thinking about the quality of the animation of this work, but I think the best way to find out for yourself is to actually watch it.
The first episode will give you a good idea of the plot
Even if it's just the first episode, be sure to check out the anime version when it airs. You can get a good idea of the plot and quality of the series from the first episode's animation.
Look forward to the unique twists and turns of the anime version!
And above all, what we expect from the anime version is not just the faithful reproduction of the original work. We also hope that it will propose new ideas that are possible only because of the new medium of television animation, and new forms of romantic comedy works.
Maybe it can surpass the original work depending on the ingenuity? ?
Just copying the original will not allow you to surpass it, so it would be great if the anime version could be ingenious and surpass the original even further. There are many cases where the anime version surpassed the original, giving new inspiration to the original and making the original manga even more interesting, so I hope this work will follow that route as well.
Let's support the anime version with all our might!
To achieve this, it is essential that we, the fans of "When I Became a Dog, My Favorite Person Picked Me Up," support the anime version of this work. Fans who like the original work should also support the anime version at the same time as the original work.
Enjoy the original work!
For fans who can't wait for the TV anime to air, we recommend reading the original manga before waiting. The original manga version of this work is already a highly polished work, so let's take a closer look at the beautiful girl characters drawn from a dog's perspective, which is the original appeal of this work.
Enjoy the author's ideas first!
The setting of this work, "the protagonist is a dog," is based on the author's idea to draw an attractive beautiful girl character from a unique composition of a dog's point of view. Therefore, if you want to enjoy the bold setting of this work, it is best to directly experience the work of the author of this work, who came up with the idea.
The setting of this work was originally created to be depicted in a manga
Therefore, the special setting of this work was created to depict attractive beautiful girl characters as a manga, so by enjoying the manga version, you can generally understand the idea behind this work.
Summary
What did you think? This time, we introduced this work, which has received enthusiastic support from some male fans, from the perspective of how far the anime version is possible. After all, the manga version is already a highly complete work, so it seems like it would be quite a high hurdle to expect an anime version that is even more complete. However, the higher the bar for the original work, the easier it is to produce a good work, so the high bar for the TV anime version may actually be a factor that makes the anime version of this work shine even more. In any case, you can't judge whether it's a hit or not until you actually watch the TV anime version, so if you've read this article and are even a little interested in this work, be sure to check it out.
